TV Critics 19 November ‘08

“We're here to watch Robert Kilroy-Silk go bonkers.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, ITV1“We're here to watch Robert Kilroy-Silk go bonkers.”Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Prince John: the Windsors' Tragic Secret, C4“This was an unusual case of a positive revisionism.”Andrew Billen, The Times

Prince John: the Windsors' Tragic Secret, C4“There was very little here to scare the corgis beyond the general assertion that the Windsors are uncomfortable with any degree of illness or abnormality and prefer to ignore such problems rather than confront them.”Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman

True Stories: Kurt Cobain - About a Son, More 4“Kurt Cobain: About a Son simply played us tapes of interviews conducted by his official biographer Michael Azerrad.”Andrew Billen, The Times

Horizon: How Mad Are You?, BBC2“A deeply unsatisfactory experiment.”Andrew Billen, The Times

Horizon: How Mad Are You?, BBC2“To try to do both - promote understanding of mental illness, make out it's a curse - is not just impossible. It's the TV equivalent of a spilt personality.”Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Bremner, Bird and Fortune, C4“No show could have its finger on the news-pulse more firmly than this one.”Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Pride and Privilege, BBC2“A purulent stench of snobbery coursed through the whole film.”Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman